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During August-September 2003, India's pre-eminent theatre director, Habib Tanvir, and his troupe of rural actors, Naya Theatre, faced the wrath of stormtroopers of the Hindu Right for performing a traditional Nacha play, 'Ponga Pandit'. In town after town, wherever the actors went, they were greeted by slogan-shouting strongmen. Habib Tanvir and the actors of Naya Theatre, however, refused to stop. Vidisha, 21 September 2003. This film chronicles what happened in that city on that day.

Subject: Collective Action, Culture, Fundamentalism, Resistance, Theatre

Awards and Screenings

Widely screened in the cities of Rajasthan: namely Jaipur, Bikaner, Udaipur and Prithvi Theatre in Mumbai.

Producer

Sanjay Maharishi & Sudhanva Deshpande

Creative Crew

Camera & Editing: Sanjay Maharishi / Sound: Manoj Jain

Territory: INDIA

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